Lisa Vetten, an expert on gender rights, said this was a move by Mabe to cast doubt on Kekana and her reliability. According to The Citizen, Vetten characterised Mabe's charges as an intimidation tactic.

Kekana had claimed that Mabe pressured her for sex, and then reduced her salary and otherwise discriminated against her when she turned him down. Additionally, she says that Mabe wanted Kekane to have sex with him in return for Mabe hiring her.

Vetten reiterated that Kekana's charges against Mabe and Mabe's against Kekana were unrelated, and that even if Kekana was found guilty for having a misleading resume, this did not meant that her accusations against Mabe were false.